June 24th, 1879

Born on June 24th, 1879

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on June 24th?

June 24th, 2010

John Isner defeated Nicolas Mahut at the Wimbledon Championships, concluding the longest match in tennis history, which lasted 11 hours and 5 minutes over three days.

June 24th, 1989

Following the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre the 13th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party appointed Jiang Zemin (pictured) as general secretary in place of Zhao Ziyang.

June 24th, 1943

Amid racial tensions, U.S. Army military police shot and killed a black serviceman after a confrontation at a pub in Bamber Bridge, England.

June 24th, 1940

Second World War: The British Army carried out Operation Collar, its first commando raid into German-occupied France.

June 24th, 1939

The first of the Thai cultural mandates was issued, officially changing the country's name from Siam to Thailand.

June 24th, 1937

The U.S. Navy's first two fast battleships, North Carolina and Washington, of the North Carolina class, were respectively ordered from the New York and Philadelphia Naval Shipyards.

June 24th, 1932

A group of military officers and civilians engineered a bloodless coup in Siam, ending the absolute rule of the Chakri dynasty.

June 24th, 1812

Napoleonic Wars: Led by Napoleon, the French Grande Armée crossed the Neman, beginning their invasion of Russia.

June 24th, 1559

The 1559 Book of Common Prayer, a major component of the Elizabethan Religious Settlement, is legally introduced as the liturgy of the Church of England.

June 24th, 1374

An outbreak of dancing mania, in which crowds of people danced themselves to exhaustion, began in Aachen (in present-day Germany) before spreading to other parts of Europe.

June 24th, 1340

Hundred Years' War: The English fleet commanded by Edward III almost completely destroyed the French fleet at the Battle of Sluys.

June 24th, 1314

In the decisive battle of the First War of Scottish Independence, Scottish forces led by Robert the Bruce defeated English troops under Edward II near Bannockburn, Scotland.

June 24th, 0474

Western Roman emperor Glycerius, who was not recognized by his Eastern counterpart Leo I, was forced to abdicate.

June 24th, 2023

The Wagner Group led by Yevgeny Prigozhin launches an insurrection against the Russian government.

June 24th, 2021

The Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside, Florida suffers a sudden partial collapse, killing 98 people inside.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on June 24th

Born on June 24th, 1879

60

Juan Demóstenes Arosemena

President of Panama (1879-1939)

*June 24th, 1879, Panama City †December 16th, 1939, Penonomé, Coclé

Same Day
Who's birthday is on June 24th?

68

David McTaggart

Badminton player and Greenpeace founder

*June 24th, 1932, Vancouver †March 23rd, 2001, Paciano

36

Lionel Messi

Argentine association football player (born 1987)

*June 24th, 1987, Rosario

34

Wang Xiaoli

Chinese badminton player

*June 24th, 1989, Huangshi

27

Duki

Argentine rapper

*June 24th, 1996, Almagro

46

José Antonio Crespo

Spanish badminton player

*June 24th, 1977, Arroyo de la Miel

92

David Rubinger

Israeli photojournalist and photographer (1924-2017)

*June 24th, 1924, Vienna †March 1st, 2017, Jerusalem

42

Marco Vorbeck

German association football player and manager

*June 24th, 1981, Kühlungsborn

82

Hans Siburg

German general

*June 24th, 1893, Saarburg †February 27th, 1976, Lüneburg

41

Wei Yili

Chinese badminton player

*June 24th, 1982, Yichang

58

Harumi Kohara

Badminton player

*June 24th, 1965, Osaka

65

Maurice Asselin

French painter and engraver (1882-1947)

*June 24th, 1882, Orléans †September 27th, 1947, Neuilly-sur-Seine

29

Ng Ka Long

Hong Kong badminton player

*June 24th, 1994, Hong Kong

62

Iain Glen

Scottish actor

*June 24th, 1961, Edinburgh

68

George Shiels

Irish dramatist (1881-1949)

*June 24th, 1881, Ballymoney †September 19th, 1949

25

Silvia Garino

Badminton player

*June 24th, 1998, Acqui Terme

35

Henry Tam

Badminton player

*June 24th, 1988, Hong Kong

59

Christopher Steele

Former British intelligence officer

*June 24th, 1964, Aden

42

Tilky Jones

American actor

*June 24th, 1981, Charleston

73

Urs Herzog

(1942-2015)

*June 24th, 1942, Zug †September 24th, 2015, Zürich

81

Victor Francis Hess

Austrian physicist and Nobel prize laureate (1883-1964)

*June 24th, 1883, Schloss Waldstein †December 17th, 1964, Mount Vernon

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Born in 1879

76

Albert Einstein

German-born theoretical physicist; developer of the theory of relativity (1879–1955)

*March 14th, 1879, Ulm †April 18th, 1955, Princeton

60

Leon Trotsky

Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879–1940)

*October 26th, 1879, Bereslavka †August 21st, 1940, Coyoacán

89

Franz von Papen

German general staff officer, politician, diplomat, nobleman and Chancellor of Germany (1879–1969)

*October 29th, 1879, Werl †May 2nd, 1969, Sasbach

66

Alla Nazimova

Russian-American actress, screenwriter and producer (1879–1945)

*June 3rd, 1879, Yalta †July 13th, 1945, Los Angeles

52

Vachel Lindsay

American poet

*November 10th, 1879, Springfield †December 5th, 1931, Springfield

92

Rudolf Friml

Czech composer

*December 7th, 1879, Prague †November 12th, 1972, Hollywood

80

Max von Laue

German physicist, Nobel laureate and anti-Nazi

*October 9th, 1879, Koblenz †April 24th, 1960, West Berlin

77

Frieda Lawrence

German writer

*August 11th, 1879, Metz †August 11th, 1956, Taos

85

Louis Prével

French rower (1879-1964)

*January 29th, 1879, Nice †November 26th, 1964, Nice

66

Charles Delestraint

French general (1879-1945)

*March 12th, 1879, Biache-Saint-Vaast †April 19th, 1945, Dachau concentration camp

91

E. M. Forster

English novelist (1879-1970)

*January 1st, 1879, London †June 7th, 1970, Coventry

54

Louis Joseph Vance

American writer (1879-1933)

*September 19th, 1879, Washington, D.C. †December 16th, 1933, New York City

60

Paul Klee

Swiss artist (1879-1940)

*December 18th, 1879, Münchenbuchsee †June 29th, 1940, Muralto

74

Francis Picabia

French painter and writer (1879-1953)

*January 22nd, 1879, Paris †November 30th, 1953, Paris

70

Ramana Maharshi

Indian Hindu sage (1879–1950)

*December 30th, 1879, Tiruchuli Assembly constituency †April 14th, 1950, Sri Ramana Ashram

58

Warner Oland

Swedish-American actor (1879–1938)

*October 3rd, 1879, Västerbotten County †August 6th, 1938, Stockholm

94

Mary Forbes

British-American actress (1883-1974)

*December 30th, 1879, Hornsey †July 22nd, 1974, Beaumont

70

Sarojini Naidu

Indian poet, politician, governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh from 1947 to 1949

*February 13th, 1879, Hyderabad †March 2nd, 1949, Lucknow

73

Annie Kenney

British suffragette (1879-1953)

*September 13th, 1879, Springhead †July 9th, 1953, Letchworth Garden City

65

Stefan Filipkiewicz

Polish artist (1879-1944)

*July 28th, 1879, Tarnów †August 23rd, 1944, Mauthausen concentration camp

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on June 24th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, St John's Day and the second day of the Midsummer celebrations) which are celebrated on June 24th.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1879 is a normal year and no leap year.

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